We had several ferrets at the Hagerstown show. No illnesses followed us home. We had the problem (mold, virus, bacteria, nobody yet has found its cuase yet that I know of dang it..) almost two years ago. Came in on some ferrets we got at a local shelter. Until this recent outbreak I hadn't heard of anyone except that shelter still having it. We had NO real problems other than messy messy cages from the slimeys. We've greatly increased the number of ferrets in the house (almost eight times counting the babies we're selling) and none of the new ferrets have had any sign of the problem. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets [Posted in FML issue 0994]